Ice-velocipede



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P. A. SNYDER.

' IUB VELOGIPEDE. No. 302,044. Patented July 15, 1884- [Ill 1 WITNESSES lATTo NEYS.

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U IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER A. SNYDER, OF JERSEY CITY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND RICHARD n SFT. GISSEL, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

IICE-VAELOCI'PEDE.

SPECIFICATIQN'Iorming part of Letters Patent No. 302,044, dated July 15,1884. Application filed December 5, 18 83. (No model.) I I To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER A. SNYDER, of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Velocipedes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to furnish for boys and gentlemeus use an improved icevelocipede which can be propelled and steered with great facility; and the invention consists of a haseframe, supported on fixed front runners, and a laterally-movable hind runner, which latter is pivoted-to the rear end of the .frame and operated bycrank-and-lever mechanism for steering the velocipede. A yoke is guided infixed slotted standards of the baseframe, the lower end of the yoke being provided with bearings for the shaft of a spurwheel that is rotated by cranks or treadles. The yoke has a vertical central shank, which is supported by a strong cushioning-spring,

that lifts the spur-wheel when the pressure of the feet on the treadles is released. The upper ends of the standards are connected by a of the standards and shaft carrying yoke.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a V-shaped base-frame, that is made of iron or other suitable material, and provided at its front end with fixed runners a a and at the rear end with a movable center runner, a. The center hind runner, a, is pivoted by a center-pin, a, in an eye, (0 of the base-frame A. To the pivot-pin a are keyed short lateral arms b b, which are connected by rods b with oscillating levers B B, by which the hind runner, a,-can be turned on its pivot-pin a to one side or the other of the longitudinal axis, and thereby the entire structure steered with great facility. The V- shaped base-frame A is laterally stiffened in a suitable manner and provided at its front part,

intermediately between the front runners, at,

with a central opening for thedriving spurto which the upper end of a downwardly-ex- 6o tending curved main rod or saddle-bar, E, is attached,-the lower end of which is secured to the rear end of the base-frame A. The main rod or saddle-bar E is provided witha seat,

ET, for the driver, which is constructed in the usual approved manner. The yoke D is extended by a vertical shank, D, through the cap-piece d ofthe standards D, and provided at the upper end with a fixed collar, e, between which and the cap-piece d a strong spi- 7o ral spring, f, is interposed, that serves to support the weight of the spur-wheel. To the ends of the spur-wheel shaft are applied foot cranks or treadles g g, which extend in diametrically-opposite directions, and which serve to revolve the spur-wheel G and propel the velocipede whenever the rider presses with his feet down on the same, so as to lower the spurwheel against the cushioning-spring f, and simultaneously turns the treadles.

When the velocipede is to be stopped, the pressure on the treadles is relaxed, so that the spring f instantly lifts the spur-wheel away from the snow or ice, while when a quick stop is desired the spur-wheel may be turned in 85 opposite direction, so as to act as a powerful brake against the momentum imparted to the velocipede.

The steering-levers B B are hung by eyes to the shaft (1 of the spur-wheel G, and oscillate 0 on said shaft, they being raised. and lowered with the spur-wheel. The device forms a conoperated by cranks have been used heretofore, and I lay, therefore, no claim to these features, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of frame A, having front runners, (t a, and a hind or steering runner, a, upright slotted standards D D, a curved saddle-bar, E, extending from the upper ends of the standards to the hind end of frame A, a spring-cushioned yoke, D, guided in said standards, and a spur-wheel, 0, having a shaft, (1, turning in bearings at the lower end of the yoke, and provided with cranks g g, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a supporting baseframe, A, having fixed front runners, a a, and a laterally-movable hind or steering runner,

a, levers B 13, connected to the hind runner, for operating the same, upright slotted standards D D, a curved main rod, E, connecting the upper ends of the standards with the hind end of the base-frame, a vertically-guided yoke, D, supported by a cushioning-spring on the cap-plate of the standards, a spur-wheel, C, turning in bearings at the lower end of the yoke, and crank levers or treadles g 9, applied to the shaft of the spur-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I11 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' PETER A. SNYDER.

\Vitnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, SIDNEY MANN. 

